Trump announces FEMA inspection while visiting Helene-affected North Carolina

President Donald Trump said he is planning to revise the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as North Carolina is still recovering from Hurricane Helene Helene more than 120 days after the storm hit the state.

“I also want to sign an order to begin the process of basic reforms and overhaul of FEMA, or maybe to get rid of FEMA,” Trump told journalists in North Carolina on Friday morning. “I honestly think FEMA isn’t good.”

Trump also promised that his administration would step in and help North Carolina correct the injury quickly and promised to “do a good job” for the state.

“We will fix it and we will fix it as soon as you can,” Trump said. “It’s a huge amount of damage. Fema has really failed us. Failing the country. And I don’t know if it’s the bite’s fault or whose fault it is but we will take over. We will do a good job.”

Trump also said he would like to see states assuming more responsibility when disasters strike and claimed that those who know the state are better equipped to provide disaster preparedness and relief.

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An aerial photo of broken and damaged buildings in the wake of the flood of Hurricane Helene on October 8 in Bat Cave, North Carolina. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Trump also promised to work with three of the legislators whose areas were affected by Hurricane HeleneAnd claimed that Fema “wasn’t on the ball” of helping North Carolina in the wake of the hurricane.

“So we’re going to do something on FEMA that I think most people agree (with),” Trump said. “I want to see the states take care of disasters, let the state take care of the tornados and hurricanes and all the other things that happen. And I think you will find it much cheaper. You will do it for less than half, and you will get a lot faster response. ”

So far, the US Army Corps of Engineers claims that only half of the remains of the Helene Helene are completed. In addition, thousands of families in North Carolina remain in hotels for which FEMA pays the bill for during its transitional Housing Assistance program.

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A picture of Hurricane Helen’s after -effects was delivered to Fox News Digital by Rep. Kat Cammack’s office. (Congress member Kat Cammack’s office)

While these families were approaching a deadline at the end of January, which would have removed them from the hotels, FEMA announced this week that they extended the deadline to May 26. In total, more than 3,000 families are eligible for the program extension.

“It’s been a terrible thing the way that has been allowed to stiffen and we will get it arranged,” Trump told journalists in the White House on Friday before departure to North Carolina. “It should have been done months ago from the hurricane that took place almost four months ago. North Carolina has been treated very badly so we stop there.”

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President Donald Trump boards Air Force One as he travels to North Carolina at Joint Base Andrews on January 24, 2025. (Leah Millis/Reuters)

Trump said Wednesday in an exclusive interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity that “Democrats don’t care about North Carolina,” and that was the reason why he would visit the state for his first official journey as president in his second period.

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Trump will also visit California on Friday to investigate the damage from forest fires that have ravaged the state this month.

“It looks like something hit it, we won’t talk about what hit it,” Trump said. “But it’s a bad, bad situation.”

Fox News’ Jacqui Heinrich and Aubrey Conklin contributed to this report.